Sexting: It's safer in the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary than it is in real life. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Apparently lecherous classmates aren't the only ones passing around people's sexted photos. A British Internet watchdog has found that 88% of suggestive or sexy pics and videos that people upload of themselves end up on porn websites, the Guardian reports. A 4-week study by the Internet Watch Foundation found that of 12,224 such uploads, 10,776 later ended up on "parasite websites." Once there, of course, they're far beyond the person's control.

The study includes sad, personal messages from people whose lives were affected by having their sexy material hit the 'Net. "I came to regret posting photographs of myself naively on the internet and tried to forget about it," writes one. "I was eventually admitted for severe depression and was treated for a suicide attempt." Experts advise parents and teachers to communicate with kids about the dangers of sexting, but one analyst notes that young people tend to do it anyway.

"British Internet watchdog has found that 88% of suggestive or sexy pics and videos that people upload of themselves end up on porn websites" Anyone who thinks you can never, ever blame a victim for anything is a fucking idiot. The first thing out of my mouth to anyone, who told me "I posted pictures of myself and somehow they ended up Creepy McCreepsters website" would be "What the fuck did you think would happen, now go sue his ass and take him to jail but seriously, what the fuck did you think would happen?"

Beanburger

Oct 23, 2012 2:48 AM CDT

One of the many harms Xtianity has caused society is that it has mixed up sexual prudence with religious morality. The result is that as Christian morality is discredited so is sexual restraint. Where is the non-hysterical, rational message to kids that sex is better in a committed relationship?

jonnymop

Oct 23, 2012 2:39 AM CDT

My boyfriend put my pic on the net for 8 billion people to see. I am so, actually I dont care.